Matthew Alford

Matthew Alford is a British author.

Career

In 2008, Alford was awarded a doctorate in Film Studies by the University of Bath. In the following two years, he wrote articles for The Guardian[1] and New Statesman[2] and published his first book Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy with Pluto Press.

Also in 2008, Alford started writing on the disappearance of screenwriter Gary Devore and co-authored a cover article on this for Fortean Times.[3] In 2014, he produced The Writer with No Hands, which premiered at Hot Docs and won the Golden Lantern at the Ammar International Popular Film Festival. Production disagreements led to the film being withdrawn and a new version issued in 2017 with Alford listed only as presenter. Alford's 2016 account had him abandon the research and claim to be an entertainer.[4][5]

In 2017, Alford co-authored National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood, which was published in French with new material as an illustrated hardback by Investig'Action in 2020. Reel Power was similarly published with new material by Editions Critiques in 2018 and again in 2023. National Security Cinema was partially the basis for Theaters of War, which Alford co-produced and which was distributed by Media Education Foundation in 2022.[6]

In 2023, Alford spoke in favour of Julian Assange at TEDx and the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights at the UN.[7]

Books
  • Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy. London: Pluto Press, 2010. ISBN 9780745329826.[8]
    • 2013. Chinese edition (simplified script). Hollywood Power Culture. Translation by Yang Xianjun and published by Economic Science Press. ISBN 9787514127607
    • 2018. French edition with new introduction by the author. Hollywood Propaganda, Cinéma Hollywoodien et Hégémonie Américaine. Translation by Cyrille Rivallan and published by Éditions Critiques. ISBN 979-1097331092
    • 2023. Final Cut. French edition with new preface by the author. ISBN 979-10-97331-46-7
  • National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood (CreateSpace, 2017). With Tom Secker.
    • 2021. Expanded French edition. L'Empire Vous Divertit: Comment la CIA et le Pentagone Utilisent Hollywood. Translation by Philippe Stroot and published by Investig'Action.
  • Union Jackboot: What Your Media and Professors Don't Tell You About British Foreign Policy (CreateSpace, 2018). With T.J Coles.

References
  1. "Matthew Alford - The Guardian". The Guardian.
  2. https://johnpilger.com/articles/hollywood-s-new-censors
  3. "FT266 - FT Covers". ft.gjovaag.com.."FT248 - FT Covers". ft.gjovaag.com.
  4. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gq95k9/the-writer-with-no-hands-gary-devore-matthew-alford Vice Magazine
  5. White, Mike. "Special Report: The Writer with No Hands (2017)".
  6. "Op-Ed: Why does the Pentagon give a helping hand to films like 'Top Gun'?". Los Angeles Times. 30 May 2022.
  7. https://glosphilsoc.net/2023/02/01/spring-programme-2023/
  8. "Book review: Reel Power". www.scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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